Manchuria

Manchuria is a large geographic region in Northeast Asia that is divided between Russia and China. It consists of China's Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning provinces and the southern parts of Russia's Russian Far East region, with the Yablonoi Mountains marking the northernmost boundaries of the region while the Greater Khingan mountains mark the western borders, the shore and the Yalu River mark the eastern border, and Beijing marks the southernmost border. Manchuria is the home of the Manchus (and historically the Jurchens), and the region was the homeland of many nomadic peoples. After World War II, Japan lost control of Manchukuo, and it became a region divided between Russia and China.